FA Cup 3rd Round: Brighton Vs Newcastle United, Saturday 5th January.

No Demba, no Debuchy and off to the place where we meekly fell out of the cup last season. Hard to know how seriously we'll be taking the cup given how shit things are going in the league. Seems to be that Cisse and Colo have slight knocks and won't be risked, so the team will be whoever is available.

If the final 80 minutes go anything like the first 10, it's going to be a short stay in the FA Cup this year. At this point I can live with it because we need to sort out the league before Europe starts again.

Was this Alan Pardew's cry for help to Mike Ashley? I mean he could have started a worse lineup, but our youth showed no initiative this time out. Our squad depth showed how below average it is. And we barely had a shot at goal. Even with Colo, Krul and Cisse we probably lose or draw 0-0.